Records, 1890-1950.

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Records, 1890-1950.

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The collection primarily documents activities of South End House but also includes records of the South Bay Sorosis and incidental records for related Boston and national social welfare organizations. There is little personal material for Woods present, with the exception of some drafts of his writings on the settlement movement and broader social conditions. Types of material present include correspondence, essays, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, and print.

3 boxes (3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8332178

Houghton Library

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Boston Social Union

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South End House (Boston, Mass.)

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Part of a national settlement house movement during the Progressive Era in America, the South End House opened its doors in Boston, Massachusetts, as the Andover House in 1891. Its founder, Dr. William J. Tucker, was a Congregational minister and social reformer who taught at the Andover Theological Seminary located in Andover, Massachusetts. Dr. Tucker immediately hired Robert A. Woods to act as the house's director. Woods was very involved in progressive reform movements on the national level ...

Winning Farm (Lexington, Mass.)

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Woods, Robert Archey, 1865-1925

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Settlement house worker and sociologist. From the description of South End House appeal, 1919 Aug. 25, Boston, to the Misses Kimball. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172616303 ...

South Bay Sorosis.

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Woods, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Howard)

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South End Social Union.

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Tucker, William Jewett, 1839-1926

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William Jewett Tucker was the ninth president of Dartmouth College; he served in that capacity from 1893 to 1909. He was born in Griswold, Conn. in 1839. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1861 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1866. In 1875 he received his DD. He was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1878 to 1909. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1926. From the description of Papers, 1893-1909. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 122590411 Ministe...